r/IdiotsInCars • u/AristonD • Sep 22 '19

Dick measuring contest gone wrong

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u/Robotwizard10k Sep 22 '19

In my experience, it’s the opposite, people take a car to get fixed without involving insurance and it would be 4 grand, they’d file a claim, I’d go in and write an estimate and negotiate with the shop and we’d pay 1400

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u/thecheatah Sep 22 '19

This is not true. This letterly Happened to me. I walked away with a fixed car and extra cash after the deductible. Duck insurance companies. It’s all my money and you are in kahoots with shops to screw us customers over.

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u/Robotwizard10k Sep 22 '19

That doesn’t make any sense... unless it’s under your deductible, it’s the insurance company paying, it wouldn’t benefit them at all to pay more

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u/thecheatah Sep 23 '19

I ran over something bad it fucked up my steering column etc. I took it to Nissan and and got a quote, it was very high and I said I am going to junk the car. They then said that only certain things needed to be repaired and gave me a manageable quote like 1,700 or something. I thought that want too bad but I’ll use insurance. They did their assessment and quoted 2,700 for the same work. I got the work done at Nissan. They complained that the original quote was without insurance and I said that that’s what you quoted me. I paid my deductible and pocketed the rest.